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Young Adult Club with Wishing Well

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Five members of the Young Adult Club dropping coins into a wishing well during a dance at the Community Center to aid the March of Dimes. Pictured left to ...
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"Roundy" With Four Dells Boys

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: "Roundy" with four men from Wisconsin Dells holding milk bottles full of donated money they collected for "Roundys" Fun Fund. Left to right are "Roundy" C...
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Yule Collections

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Dorothy Blank receiving donated money for the Empty Stocking Club from newspaper carrier boy Gordon Schaaf in front of a Christmas tree.
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Charity Contribution Container in Sheriff's Office

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Sheriff Herman P. Kerl, and Sally Penfield, with the four-gallon glass bottle for collecting donations to the "State Journal" Empty Stocking club, the Kidd...
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Donations for Sufferers of Yellow Fever

Date: 09 28 1878
Description: An illustration depicting well-dressed ferry passengers depositing money in the yellow fever box at Fulton Ferry. A sign reads: "Contributions recieved (
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals

Date: 11 09 1953
Description: Gretchen Holt writes a check for Christmas seals she received in the mail.
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Empty Stocking Fund Donation

Date: 12 24 1953
Description: Bill Doudna of the Wisconsin State Journal (left) receives a $400 check for the Empty Stocking Fund from the Madison Barbershop Quartet organization...
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses Association Convention

Date: 09 18 1954
Description: Mary Verhagen of St. Mary's Hospital and Nancy Reid of University Hospitals present a check to Harold Gauer, Wisconsin director of CARE.
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Women of the Moose

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: A donation to Blessed Martin House is presented to Monsignor Jerome Hastrich by members of the Women of the Moose. On left is Elsie Bostock. Others shown a...
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Dane County Mental Health Association

Date: 09 11 1957
Description: Howard Herschleder, president of Dane County Mental Health Association, presenting a check for the Dane County home at Verona. Receiving the check are Fran...
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Roundy's Fun Fund Committee Members

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Shown left to right, are Barney Gill, James Geisler, chairman of "Roundy's Fun Fund" committee, Dagney Wang, recording secretary, and Joseph R. "Roundy" Co...
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Mike Ubber and Roundy Coughlin with Fun Fund Donation

Date: 12 09 1958
Description: Mike Ubber of 526 Spruce Street, a worker at the Olin Avenue dump, saves a little money from his salvage business each year to donate to "Roundy's Fun Fund...
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Empty Stocking Club Donation

Date: 12 12 1960
Description: Kimball Dyer, holding his daughter Meg, hands a check from the Madison Sports Car Club to Sally Hoeveler for the Wisconsin State Journal's on Empty ...
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UNICEF Drive

Date: 02 1961
Description: Leo Lunenschloss, left, chairman of the board of the Security State Bank, holds a check for $3,876.71 representing money collected in the 1960 UNICEF drive...
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Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Aids Neighborhood Center

Date: 06 08 1957
Description: Marie Lipka, a director of the Atwood Community House, receives a check from the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce. Looking on, while doing yard work and ...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Three and a half year old John Pike (son of Mr. & Mrs. Wardell Pike) is shown about to drop a coin into his bank and will join other children in giving mon...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Martha Jean Johnson, 6, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Everett F. Johnson is shown helping earn her weekly allowance by setting the table and doing other simple ...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Three young friends are shown with puppets and setting ready to give a performance of Hansel and Gretel. Of their earnings, they intend to give $3 to the E...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: 13-year-old Phil Shuler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Shuler, and carrier for the Wisconsin State Journal, is shown delivering envelopes for donations...
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Welfare Fund Donations for Air Force Pilot's Son

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral donating to a fund established for the welfare and education of the 3-month-old son of an Air Force p...

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